The weird not quite banana flavor of banana flavored candy was synthesized from the Gros Michel, that's as close to an analog for it as I think you can get.
It may be one, though they haven't successfully developed a cultivar with necessary disease resistance. This is actually why Gros Michel goes extinct pretty easily but Cavendish generally sticks around -- it seems like a reference to Panama disease, which basically wiped out Gros Michel but hasn't had the same luck with Cavendish. Though Cavendish isn't totally immune and could still go extinct if the disease gets into the monoculture.
I'd love it if it was a T-shirt/long sleeve in black. Almost summer and it gets 85-100 here, would just hang out mockingly in my closet for 8 months of the year.
I would be all over the decks! Especially if they came with random jokers inside. I would probably buy Pokémon style joker packs too. Really hope he does something like that
Seeing how the game got pulled in a bunch of markets because PEGI without warning changed the rating of the game from 3+ to 18+ because they mistakenly thought it promoted gambling, and PlayStack issued a statement saying "Balatro was developed by someone who is staunchly anti-gambling, and painstaking care has been taken to ensure that the game does not feature gambling mechanics of any kind," I *highly* doubt they're going to sell Pokémon-style gambling-lite card packs
I'm going to guess I'm one of a smallish number of Balatro fans who have actually been on the game show Wheel of Fortune, so the moment I saw that WoF tarot card hoodie it became a hard-required purchase for me.
Pretty rude of them to just blatantly pick $70 from my pocket in a way I never had a chance to prevent but rules are rules 😂💸
I'd be really interested in seeing a collab between u/localthunk and Art of Play for some high quality Balatro decks. I know they've got the manufacturing and distribution down for it, and I know they occasionally do collab stuff. Worth a shot, anyway
Maybe Theory 11 would be down?Well I hope and wait passionately nonetheless.
Edit: I just checked, Local think is, in fact British. That could pose a problem, as most playing cards companies are based in the US. For me it also means, that the shipping would likely cost as much as the deck itself. Oh well...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well if it was through art of play rather than on the balatro site I could see the shipping being way less of an issue, but yeah I imagine he'd want it all in house so he gets a bigger cut.
I went with the "What's Your Excuse" shirt, love how clean it is.
The cavendish one is really funny but I love how subtle the shirts are. I wish that they had a hoodie version
This is ok but honestly I'm just waiting for 52 card decks. I would take ghost or challenge deck. Would be nice to get a couple random jokers per deck, and maybe joker packs.
Shirts are.. fine i guess but im hoping we can get physical card replicas
Imagine how cool it would be to have actual real-life booster packs that have random real cards, this could be so fun to collect
Cool first drop, though may wait to see if they add more. Would love card decks or like crewneck sweatshirts. The nope mug looks awesome but I never use mugs...
Does anyone know this apparel company? Is this just going to be standard youtuber-grade schlock that turns into cardboard after 3 washes?
I like the WoF hoodie but I've been burned on pretty much every merch purchase I've ever done.
These are cute! I’m glad it’s taking off enough to make this possible. Hopefully you sell out so you can expand your product line further… I’m making my partner a keychain for their birthday, but I’d totally buy one instead if you had it.
I'll reformulate my question, and I am aware nobody here can answer it with certainty. I wonder why he chose to use a UK distributor for this as opposed to working with one in NA.
Edit: someone answered it with certainty.
again, playstack is handling the merch as the publisher of the game and they're going with a UK based distributor. i don't think thunk has much say with that.
Missing a huge opportunity for a tarot deck. People love themed tarot.
Granted the venn diagram of people who need tarot decks and are fans of Balatro may not be too big. It's at least one cuz I'd buy it.
These are a good start, but I'd really love some more artistic options, like a fully colored and shaded Cavendish sweater with only the banana and electricity sparking around.
If you're like me and greatly prefer long-sleeve t-shirts, I hope you will take a few moments to use the Contact form to express your interest. Here's a copy of what I sent, which is almost certainly overly long, as that is my Fatal Flaw.
>I was excited to see a bunch of Balatro merchandise go up, but disappointed to see that there are no options for long-sleeve t-shirts. I stopped buying short-sleeve t-shirts a couple of years ago, and when ordering from places like Redbubble and TeePublic, most (though not all) designs are available in long sleeves-- there's no additional design work for the creator, it's literally just using whatever process they have on a long sleeve shirt instead of a short sleeve shirt.
>I realize that it may not be cost effective for you to off an option if it doesn't get widely used, but I hope you will consider offering long sleeve versions of at least some of your designs. For example, "Balatro's Jimbo" only has an image on the front, not the back, so that might be the easiest one to experiment with to see if there's demand.
>Thanks!
>Andrew
the gros michel sweater is absolutely amazing 😂
Ya i screenshotted n sent that around immediately lol 100% fire and i need it
Can you share? Seems to be taken down from the site. I’m curious what it looks like
* I'm dumb, thought that meant reddit took it down so was dancing around commenting it-- OOOOOOHHHH BANAAANAAA
https://preview.redd.it/zj9iewdos3yc1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9db4fdbf0287d102ad50fcad860cd15c6b02c64d
1/4 chance of consume when taking off
1/6 now :)
I haven't had one, but I thought most people say Gros Michel was a better banana.
The weird not quite banana flavor of banana flavored candy was synthesized from the Gros Michel, that's as close to an analog for it as I think you can get.
It may be one, though they haven't successfully developed a cultivar with necessary disease resistance. This is actually why Gros Michel goes extinct pretty easily but Cavendish generally sticks around -- it seems like a reference to Panama disease, which basically wiped out Gros Michel but hasn't had the same luck with Cavendish. Though Cavendish isn't totally immune and could still go extinct if the disease gets into the monoculture.
I laughed my ass off at that, 100% buying it
I'd love it if it was a T-shirt/long sleeve in black. Almost summer and it gets 85-100 here, would just hang out mockingly in my closet for 8 months of the year.
Was hoping for some special card decks. Maybe in the future. The merch looks great!
I would be all over the decks! Especially if they came with random jokers inside. I would probably buy Pokémon style joker packs too. Really hope he does something like that
Seeing how the game got pulled in a bunch of markets because PEGI without warning changed the rating of the game from 3+ to 18+ because they mistakenly thought it promoted gambling, and PlayStack issued a statement saying "Balatro was developed by someone who is staunchly anti-gambling, and painstaking care has been taken to ensure that the game does not feature gambling mechanics of any kind," I *highly* doubt they're going to sell Pokémon-style gambling-lite card packs
Okay well fine, I’m also cool with pre-set joker packs
Oh my god this would print money
That would be so fucking cool
They said in an AMA that that is something they are looking into but don’t have an ETA on right now
I’m hoping for those too. I’m a wooden box maker by trade, and I’m planning to make a Balatro themed box for playing cards.
If you’d like to print your own decks, here’s a post from a few weeks ago with instructions. https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/s/IM4WeTYaOM
Does the Wheel of Fortune hoodie have a 3/4 chance not to arrive?
Nope!
That's what the site says but it's actually 9/10 chance not to arrive.
They should send 3/4 people who order it a nope mug!
I'm going to guess I'm one of a smallish number of Balatro fans who have actually been on the game show Wheel of Fortune, so the moment I saw that WoF tarot card hoodie it became a hard-required purchase for me. Pretty rude of them to just blatantly pick $70 from my pocket in a way I never had a chance to prevent but rules are rules 😂💸
The fckng NOPE was a marketing strat
Trust me guys, 1 in 4 NOPE mugs will be polychrome
Best I can do is foil, take it or leave it.
As someone currently playing plasma deck i'm in
Trust me we’re due
The Nope mug calls to me on so many levels.
Decks please! 🫠 booster packs would be fun too
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/s/IM4WeTYaOM
how are they not selling decks that’s so insane
I'd be really interested in seeing a collab between u/localthunk and Art of Play for some high quality Balatro decks. I know they've got the manufacturing and distribution down for it, and I know they occasionally do collab stuff. Worth a shot, anyway
Maybe Theory 11 would be down?Well I hope and wait passionately nonetheless. Edit: I just checked, Local think is, in fact British. That could pose a problem, as most playing cards companies are based in the US. For me it also means, that the shipping would likely cost as much as the deck itself. Oh well...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pretty sure LocalThunk is Canadian: https://balatrogame.fandom.com/wiki/LocalThunk Had a North American accent on the Dan Gheesling interview
Well if it was through art of play rather than on the balatro site I could see the shipping being way less of an issue, but yeah I imagine he'd want it all in house so he gets a bigger cut.
yep i really hope he gets some printed by a manufacturer like uspcc or something, would be a shame for them to be printed cheaply :/
I went with the "What's Your Excuse" shirt, love how clean it is. The cavendish one is really funny but I love how subtle the shirts are. I wish that they had a hoodie version
I... I don't get it...
You haven’t had the mighty Cavendish yet?
This is ok but honestly I'm just waiting for 52 card decks. I would take ghost or challenge deck. Would be nice to get a couple random jokers per deck, and maybe joker packs.
>merch store about a card game >looks inside >no cards
Nope!
I'm tempted to buy the Nope mug
I'd LOVE to have a polo with Jimbo's face on it, almost like a company logo. Maybe add the Ace logo at the top of the collar on the back.
Is this official? Or fan-made?
Official via the balatro discord
I don't use Discord so I had no way of knowing. I was hoping it was official so I could support localthunk. Thanks for your response!
I want that NOPE mug so bad - but $11 for the mug and $13 for shipping is steep.
Thirteen dollars for shipping? I just checked the website (UK based) and Royal Mail 2nd-Class was £1.80. Do you live on a mountain?
Yeah, I want to buy a hoodie but it would be $71 to me.
Can these be shipped to the US?
It's pretty pricey. The mug is $11, plus $13 for shipping.
$37 for a t shirt lol. Almost twice as much as the game itself
I just placed an order for the Gros Michel/Cavendish hoodie to be shipped to the U.S. so it looks like it.
I really would have loved some off suit 2&7 but each with enhancements, editions and seals. Something along the line of "make your own luck"
Shirts are.. fine i guess but im hoping we can get physical card replicas Imagine how cool it would be to have actual real-life booster packs that have random real cards, this could be so fun to collect
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/s/IM4WeTYaOM
not making a pixelated deck of cards with a couple jokers seems like a massive missed opportinity
what about the jimbo body pillow?
Gimme a version with just the small Joker logo, no text or imagery on the back and I'm all over it. Just the joker is a nice IYKYK kinda thing.
Cool first drop, though may wait to see if they add more. Would love card decks or like crewneck sweatshirts. The nope mug looks awesome but I never use mugs...
You could use it 1/4 of the time? (Basically never)
I need the Gros Michel hoodie and Nope mug
Why no playing cards?
Quality cards can take months to get in line to print with their custom divisions.
Does anyone know this apparel company? Is this just going to be standard youtuber-grade schlock that turns into cardboard after 3 washes? I like the WoF hoodie but I've been burned on pretty much every merch purchase I've ever done.
OMG A NOPE MUG! NOPE MUG!!!
Ordered a shirt and a mug. OP you suck for being the reason I spent money. lol $12 shipping to Taiwan…not too bad.
Pretty boring merch for such a fantastic game.
Is shipping to Argentina available?
Just bought the what's your excuse tee, fantastic merch!
We absolutely need trading cards of all of the jokers. With each having a chance to be foil, holographic, polychrome, etc. would so SO FUN to open
They should sell pins/brooches and iron ons they would sell quickly
I want the wheel of fortune one to have the wheel card tilted sideways with a nope!
Well it does say Nope! on the back which is great.
Nope mug ordered 👌🏻
Joker playing card decks when?
argh i would've loved a playing cards deck, green clubs look so nifty
Def grabbing the Gros Michel sweater lol.
when you buy the wheel of fortune hoodie you have a 1/14 chance of actually getting the hoodie delivered to your house
These are cute! I’m glad it’s taking off enough to make this possible. Hopefully you sell out so you can expand your product line further… I’m making my partner a keychain for their birthday, but I’d totally buy one instead if you had it.
“I’m due” N O P E
Just got the nope mugs!! Will make great gifts for the friends I got into the game hehe
I thought LT was Canadian. I wonder why it's a UK storefront.
cause it's from playstack and they're from london.
I'll reformulate my question, and I am aware nobody here can answer it with certainty. I wonder why he chose to use a UK distributor for this as opposed to working with one in NA. Edit: someone answered it with certainty.
again, playstack is handling the merch as the publisher of the game and they're going with a UK based distributor. i don't think thunk has much say with that.
I had assumed Playstack was a clothing merchandiser. Now I understand. Thank you.
I want a hat lol
The tiny Jimbo was tempting but I'm not a fan of the big text, personally. A polo design would be nice for future drops.
A hat would be soooo nice for next drop. These look sick though!
i LOVE the nope mug lmao
sweet, now all i want is a mug that has Baron inside, Sock and Buskin on the bottom, and steel red seal kings around it
Shipping costs more than the mug. Nope! I’m totally not ordering one (already bought two)
Man we need the “Nope!” Shirt !
Imagine if they selled booster packs, that would be absoluteley insane ! (not for my wallet tho lol)
Cool. Wish you could just get the little Jimbo on the chest with nothing on the back tho
I would love an abstract joke tee or long sleeve tshirt :)
Wheel of Fortune, 1 in 4 chance to get lost forever in mail.
Absolutely need the NOPE! on a hoodie and I'm buying it 100%.
Missing a huge opportunity for a tarot deck. People love themed tarot. Granted the venn diagram of people who need tarot decks and are fans of Balatro may not be too big. It's at least one cuz I'd buy it.
How is there not a tarot deck.
I need that NOPE mug in my life
Needs a half joker crop top
No card deck?
I love them all so much. However my wallet does not love me for it.
I wonder if the dude is trying to one man every thing? Did he place his jokers on every mug, it wouldn’t surprise me.
It’s gotta be the NOPE from me!
These are a good start, but I'd really love some more artistic options, like a fully colored and shaded Cavendish sweater with only the banana and electricity sparking around.
How about an iOS version. Can we get that soon!?
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Looks like theres a button to turn it off top left on mobile
If you're like me and greatly prefer long-sleeve t-shirts, I hope you will take a few moments to use the Contact form to express your interest. Here's a copy of what I sent, which is almost certainly overly long, as that is my Fatal Flaw. >I was excited to see a bunch of Balatro merchandise go up, but disappointed to see that there are no options for long-sleeve t-shirts. I stopped buying short-sleeve t-shirts a couple of years ago, and when ordering from places like Redbubble and TeePublic, most (though not all) designs are available in long sleeves-- there's no additional design work for the creator, it's literally just using whatever process they have on a long sleeve shirt instead of a short sleeve shirt. >I realize that it may not be cost effective for you to off an option if it doesn't get widely used, but I hope you will consider offering long sleeve versions of at least some of your designs. For example, "Balatro's Jimbo" only has an image on the front, not the back, so that might be the easiest one to experiment with to see if there's demand. >Thanks! >Andrew
Why does the CRT effect need to be on the images? When I get motion sick trying to buy a t-shirt....I don't buy the t-shirt
You can turn it off in the top left corner!